Holding device for pasteurizing milk.



Patented Feb. 10, 1914.

A. B. GARDINER, JR. HOLDING DEVICE POR PASTEURIZING MILK. APPLICATION FILED sEPT.25,1913.

asa B. Gaanmnnan, or cocKEYsvILLE, MARYLAND.

HOLDING DEVICE FOR PASTEURIZING MILK.

Specification of Letters Patentl Patented Feb. 1U, 1914.

Application led September 25, 1913. Serial No. 791,706.

To all ywhom t may concern Be it known that l, Asa B. GARDINER, Jr., a citizen of the United States, Cockeysville, in'the county of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holding Devices for Pasteurizing Milk, of which the following is a' specification.

This invention relates to improvements in holding devices for pasteurizing milk.

The object of my invention is to provide a milk holding device which is free from inlet or outlet valves, and by means of' which the milk is held for any desired length of time and then discharged by tiltingthe receptacles, whereby thev cream and skim milk will be thoroughly mixed without the use of agitators or other similar devices.

A further objectof my invention is to so construct the milk holding receptacles that they may be easily and quickly cleansed when desired.

The'itlvention consists of the novel construction and arrangementv of the parts and combination of parts hereinafter more fully set forth in the following specification and pointed out in detail inv the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 1 showing one of the milk holding receptacles in the position of emptying its contents.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the several views thereof, 1 designates a metal base having a central hollow post 2, upon which latter is revolubly mounted a sleeve. 3 provided with ball bearings 4, 4, at the top and bottom thereof.

'Near the lower end of the sleeve 3 is fixed a worm wheel 5 in mesh with the worm 6 on the driven shaft 7, which latter is provided with a pulley 8 to which power is transmitted from any suitable source of power for driving said shaft 7. To the said sleeve 3 are secured a number of laterally projecting brackets or arms 9. The milk holding receptacles 10 have their inner ends projecting in between said brackets or arms 9 and are provided with trunnions 11 on opposite sides thereof journaled in the outer ends of the said brackets or arms 9. Each of said milk holding receptacles 10 is provided with residing ata lip 12 at its upper inner end which pro- -jects over the edge ofthe adjacent receptacle, for a purpose hereinafter set forth. The milk-holding receptacles 10 are hung in such a manner that the greater part thereof will be at the outer-.end in order to allow them to tilt independently of each other andempty their contents when brought,v in the proper position, and are held in their upright position by the rollers 13, which are revolubly mounted on the bot-toms of said milk holding receptacles 10, and bear against the stationary rail or track 14, which latter is provided with an upwardly and inwardly projecting portion 15 which permits' the said milk holding receptacles 10 to tilt and empty their contents into 'the chute 16 where it passes of` through the pipe'17. The milkholding receptacles being pumped, or otherwise forced, through the supply pipe 18. y

The operation of the device is as follows: The shaft 7 being rotated, the sleeve 10- are filled by the milk 3 will be revolved, through the medium cf the worm wheel 5 and wormV 6, carrying the milk holding receptacles 10 in the direction of the arrow in Fig. 1; at the same time the milk, which has been' previousl'y heated to the proper degree, is flowing through the supply pipe 18 to the milk holding receptacle directly under the dis'- charge end of said pipe. The rotation of the said milkholding receptacles being so timed that as each is filled it passes said discharge end of the supply pipe 18; each of said receptacles being provided with alip 12- to catch the milk and carry it back to the passing receptacle until the next receptacle comes under the said discharge end of the supply pipe 18. been carried in the said receptacles for a predetermined length of time and come in line with the chute 1.6 the'inwardly and upwardly projecting portion of the track or rail 14 permits them to tilt and empty their contents successively into said chute, which tilting and emptying causes the cream an milk to thoroughly miX as it is carried off.

It will be seen om the foregoing description that the milk can be held for any desired length of time without the use of inlet or outlet valves, and that the milk holding receptacles being emptied by tilting thereof the cream and milk will be thoroughly mixed without the use of agitators orother similar from under the After the milk has devices. It will als@ be seen that When the milk holding receptacles are in the tilted position they can be readily and quickly cleansed.` Alterations in the construction and arrangement of the parts and combination of parts of my invention may-be made, within the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spiritv thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: i

1. In a milk holding device, the combination of a number of independently operated milk holding receptacles each adapted to receive and 'hold the milk for a predetermined length of time, and means for tilting said milk-holding receptacles one at a time and independently of each other to empty the contents thereof.

2. In a milk holding device, the combina tion of a number of independentlyoperated milk holding receptacles adapted to be filled .in succession and hold the milk for a predetermined length oftime, and means for suclcessively tilting said milk holding receptacles to empty the contents thereof.

3. In a milk holding device, the combination of a base, a number of milk holdin receptacles revolubly mounted on said ase and adapted to be filled in succession and hold the milk for a predetermined length of time, and means for automatically tilting t Loeasle said milk holding receptacles successively to empty the contents thereof.

4:. In a milk holding device, the combination of a base having a central post, a sleeve revolubly mounted upon said post, a number of milk holding receptacles pivotally mounted around said sleeve and adapted to receive Aand hold the milk for any desired length of time, means for revolving said sleeve, and means for automatically tilting said milk holding receptacles successively t-o empty thecontents thereof. i

5. In a milk holding device the combination of a base having a centra post, a sleeve revolubly mounted upon said post, means for revolving said sleeve, a number of laterally projecting arms secured to said sleeve, a

number of milk holding receptacles pivoted between said arms and adapted to tilt thereon, a roller mounted on the bottom of each milk holding receptacle, a stationary trace or rail surrounding said sleeve against which the said rollers impinge and having a cam port-ion to permit said milk holding receptacles to tilt and empty their contents.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature 4in presence of two witnesses.

ASA B. GARDINER, JR.

Witnesses:

CHABIN A. FERGUSON, EMMA BELL. 

